UTAH’S MOSS RUNS PAST WEST VIRGINIA

Zack Moss took a third-down handoff and burst through the line into an opening in the middle of the field. Utah was off and running to another bowl win.

Moss ran for 150 yards, including a career-long 58-yard run for a touchdown on the Utes’ opening drive in the Heart of Dallas Bowl as they went on to a 30-14 victory over West Virginia on Tuesday. Utah is now 11-1 in postseason games under Kyle Whittingham, who matched Alabama’s Nick Saban for the most bowl wins by an active coach.

“He knows how to coach, and he always caps the year off right,” Utah sophomore quarterback Tyler Huntley said.

Huntley scored twice on 2-yard keepers on a drizzly and chilly day in Cotton Bowl Stadium.

“It was important for us to come out of the gates with a big play early on and set the tone,” said Moss, who, like Huntley, still has two seasons left with the Utes.

West Virginia finished the season with its third straight loss. The Mountaineers had 153 total yards without junior quarterback Will Grier, who broke a finger Nov. 18, and 1,000-yard rusher Justin Crawford, a senior who bypassed the bowl game in advance of the NFL draft.

Duke routs Northern Illinois by 22.

Daniel Jones threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Duke beat Northern Illinois 36-14 in the Quick Lane Bowl.

Jones finished with 338 yards of offense, while Shaun Wilson and Brittain Brown added touchdowns for Duke.

Marcus Childers threw for 234 yards and a score for Northern Illinois.

The Blue Devils took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, sandwiching rushing touchdowns around a failed Northern Illinois fake punt on fourth-and-18 from their 11.

The Huskies had two first downs and 46 yards in the quarter, but tied the game with two scores in the first 2:38 of the second. Duke, though, moved back into a 26-14 lead with two touchdowns before halftime.

Rosen sidelined by concussion.

UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen didn’t play in Tuesday night’s Cactus Bowl.

Rosen is recovering from a concussion and was considered highly unlikely to play but wanted to go through pregame warm-ups ahead of the bowl game against Kansas State.

Sports Illustrated reported Rosen wanted to play, but the decision was “100 percent medical.”

Rosen suffered his second concussion of the season in UCLA’s regular-seasonfinale victory over California.

Penn State excuses two players.